VK Singh takes salute of BMA cadets
Visiting Chief of Indian Army Gen Vijay Kumar Singh yesterday attended the passing-out ceremony of Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) Long Course at Bhatiary in Chittagong and distributed trophies and awards to the outstanding cadets.
He reviewed the smartly turned out parade of 64 BMA Long Course and 35 BMA Special Course and took salute as the chief guest on the occasion, says a press release of Inter Services Public Relations.
VK Singh's participation in the President's Parade is reciprocal. In 1998 former chief of Bangladesh Army late Gen Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman was invited to review the passing-out Parade of Indian Military Academy at Dehradun.
He is supposed to leave Bangladesh today.
Ninety-seven cadets including 14 females from 64 BMA Long Course and four Gentlemen Cadets from 35 BMA Special Course formally passed out on completion of their courses.
Five of the cadets from 64 BMA Long Course were commissioned to Palestine Army while the rest were commissioned to Bangladesh Army, says the press release.
Earlier, Chittagong area commander and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 24 Infantry Division Maj Gen Mohammad Ashab Uddin, GOC of Army Training and Doctrine Command Maj Gen Anwar Hussain and the Commandant of the academy Brig Gen Md Anisuzzaman Bhuiyan received the chief guest at the BMA Parade Ground.
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